CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) assists students in earning associate degrees within three years by providing a range of financial, academic, and personal supports including but not limited to the following:

• Comprehensive and personalized advisement

• Career counseling

• Tutoring

• Tuition waivers

• MTA MetroCards

• Additional financial assistance to defray the cost of textbooks

ASAP also offers special class scheduling options to ensure that ASAP students get the classes they need, are in classes with other ASAP students, and attend classes in convenient blocks of time to accommodate their work schedules. As students approach graduation, they receive special supports to help them transfer to 4-year colleges or transition into the workforce, depending on their goals. ASAP is offered at nine CUNY colleges. For contact information for each college, visit www1.cuny.edu/sites/asap/contact.

WHO DOES THIS PROGRAM AIM TO SERVE? CUNY students in an ASAP-approved major. Other eligibility requirements apply. Students under the New York State Dream Act may be eligible to receive state aid, including TAP, Excelsior, and other state-administered scholarships. Visit www.hesc.ny.gov/dream for eligibility and to apply

HAS THIS PROGRAM BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19? Due to COVID-19, in-person classes, meetings and appointments have been suspended or moved online. For updates on CUNY's response to COVID-19, please visit www.cuny.edu/coronavirus. For additional resources to support students impacted by COVID-19, CUNY has provided "CUNY Continuity for Students."

ABOUT CUNY: The City University of New York (CUNY) has 24 modern campuses spanning the five boroughs of New York, including; Senior Colleges, Community Colleges, and Graduate Schools. 

Providing a quality, accessible education, regardless of background or means, has been CUNY’s mission since 1847. Every year, hundreds of thousands of students – including a record 274,000 degree-credit students – choose The City University of New York for a multitude of reasons that can be summed up as one: opportunity.

The University’s seven community colleges provide a high-quality education through associate degree programs that prepare students for transfer to senior colleges or entry into professional careers. The CUNY Graduate Center offers more than 30 doctoral programs. CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy, a collaboration of four CUNY institutions, offers master’s and doctoral degrees. The CUNY School of Law is recognized as the nation’s premier public-interest law school.